Farmboy Wins Prestigious Award
By Brent O'Connor
8 May 2008
VANCOUVER, BC (May 8, 2008) – Farmboy Fine Arts + Design is pleased to announce that Todd Towers, Founder and President has been named a Recipient of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 ™ for 2007. This is a first in the history of the program that a leader in the art and design field has been recognized for the award.
Canada's Top 40 Under 40 ™ is a prestigious national award program, which annually honors 40 Canadians in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors under the age of 40. The program, now in its 13th year, is managed by founding sponsor, The Caldwell Partners. Other sponsors include Deloitte, The Globe and Mail, Certified General Accountants of Canada and Air Canada.
Todd and his peers were selected from over 1500 nominees by an independent Advisory Board, comprised of 27 business leaders from across Canada. Honourees were chosen on five key criteria including: vision and leadership; innovation and achievement; impact; community involvement and contribution; and strategy for growth.
Farmboy Fine Arts + Design is an integrated art and design company based in Vancouver that develops site-specific artwork and design objects for hospitality, healthcare, retail, casinos and corporate environments.
By using Farmboy's Stockyard (imagebank) of over 40,000+ photographic and illustrative images, clients can view thousands of different categories. Clients choose their image, choose their substrate and size and client then can activate their enviornments.
The company's motto, "Rural Roots, Urban Design" reflects the "down home" approach coupled with contemporary design making it so successful in hotel interior design.
With design projects spanning the globe, Farmboy works closely with Starwood Hotels & Resorts providing artwork to both their current and new brands, Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton. MGM and a host of other large hotel brands and retailers around the world.
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Contact: Brent O'Connor
Telephone: 604-629-7807
Email: boconnor@farmboyfinearts.com
website: www.farmboyfinearts.com
